moss wreath.

Our front door has been naked since just after Christmas. I've been hunting high & low for a new wreath but all I've come across is tacky or pricey. Since I wasn't finding anything that struck my fancy I decided to craft my own wreath.

I love the look of moss and at one of my local craft stores (Michael's if you were wondering) they had a whole moss section. I was excited, yes that's right excited about a section dedicated to moss. They had paper size sheets and bags with hunk of moss but what caught my eye was a roll of moss. They actually called it a table runner but let me tell you that stuff stinks. I don't know if it is all the chemicals or packaging or what but I had to step outside for a breath of fresh air while I was making my moss wreath because it smelled so bad so I wouldn't want a moss runner on my table near any type of food, but that's just me. If you plan on making a similar wreath be sure to do so outdoors or in a well ventilated area! Anyhow back to the project at hand. I also picked up a straw wreath to use as my base.

Project Breakdown:

moss ($12.99) be sure to use your 40% off coupon!

straw wreath ($4.99)

glue gun (I had one at home)

I left the plastic wrap on my straw wreath not sure if you are supposed to or not but all my straw was falling out so I kept it wrapped!

First I rolled out the runner and tore it lengthwise into long strips (roughly 3-4 inches). I then used my glue gun and worked in small sections. Wrapping my moss strips around and around overlapping slightly. The moss is straggly which works out nicely making it more authentic rather than wrapped like a ribbon.

Just wrap around and around and around. I took a pause for the cause and got some fresh air because the fumes were getting to me!

 

It was a quick and easy project and I love how it turned out! Isn't the texture of the moss yummy!

I'm not sure yet if I'll add anything more to it. Maybe some vines or something but for now I'm digging the clean simplistic modern feel. And I'm really glad not to have a naked door anymore! I do want to paint my front door sometime this summer because the builder's white just isn't cutting it! But what color...that's a whole other can of worms...